No matter how turbulent this world may be, eventually, people's lives will return to the reality of daily life.
This is what humans are like, seemingly fragile but actually very strong and resilient.
Therefore, whether it's the many events that have happened in the past or the recent events in the North District Harbor, even though they initially sparked various discussions, gradually, people put them aside and immerse themselves in the day-to-day life, year after year.
Time passes especially quickly because of this.
Unbeknownst to them, the previous events have already been days in the past.
And on this day, Rozen came to the North District.
The destination was the affiliated hospital of MAR located in the North District.
And Rozen was not alone in coming here.
"It's been a long time since I've been to the hospital."
Nagisa, who got off the dedicated luxury car with Rozen, said such words while holding a bouquet of flowers, expressing both nostalgia and cheerfulness.
"I wonder if it's still the same as before here? Is Mimori-chan still around? I kind of want to visit the ward I used to stay in. Do you guys want to come with me?"
Nagisa, displaying her talent as a chatterbox, spoke incessantly, causing everyone present to smile wryly.
"We're not here for sightseeing, Nagisa-chan."
Yukina, as usual, with her guitar case, reminded Nagisa.
"We've come to meet our cursed ally."
Avrora spoke timidly, as if giving herself courage.
Upon hearing this, both Rozen and Kojou narrowed their eyes.
"What do you mean by meeting our cursed ally?"
Rozen complained.
"Why not just say we're here to visit a classmate from school? Isn't that enough?"
Kojou was even more direct in revealing the purpose of everyone's visit.
The reason why the group came here was to visit a hospitalized classmate.
Although they were classmates, in fact, among those present, only Nagisa had real interactions with the other party, Avrora seemed to have only spoken to the other party a few times, and not very smoothly at that. The rest of them either had never talked to the other party or hadn't even seen them before, but they all came together.
"The Saint of the Middle-school, right?"
Kojou, while putting the hood of his hoodie on, trying to shield himself from the intense sunlight, spoke with an indifferent tone.
"Although I did hear from Yaze that she's been hospitalized recently, I didn't expect to visit her just before she's discharged."
The person the group was about to visit was Kanase Kanon.
After being saved by Rozen, Kanase Kanon was arranged by La Folia to stay in the hospital for recuperation.
Originally, under the power of Rozen's beast vassals, the angelization on Kanase Kanon's body had been completely eliminated, leaving no sequelae or burdens behind, and she could move normally after waking up. However, La Folia seemed to be a little worried and arranged for her to enter the best hospital in the Itogami City.
And in the Itogami City, the best hospital was naturally the affiliated hospital of MAR.
Kanon Kanase was recuperating here and was preparing to be discharged in the near future.
After learning about this, Nagisa, who had been in the same class with Kanon Kanase and was also her good friend, suggested that everyone come and visit Kanon Kanase together.
Wasn't this also the side effect of Rozen mentioning Kanon Kanase to Nagisa before?
Because Rozen had mentioned his recent incident with Kanon Kanase, Nagisa wanted to invite him to visit together. And since Nagisa came, Avrora naturally followed suit. Similarly, since Rozen came, Yukina had no reason not to come, and finally, the whole group was left with only Kojou alone. Feeling guilty about leaving him behind, they simply dragged him along.
That was the reason why everyone appeared here.
"Seeing so many people come to visit her, Kanon-chan will definitely be very happy." Nagisa, the initiator, said affirmatively while advising Kojou, "So, Kojou-kun, don't be rude just because she's too cute, or else you'll be dragged to the gym by the boys from the middle school section for the 'penalty of being drowned in sweaty gym clothes (male),' you know?"
"...What? That punishment that makes people feel repulsed just by hearing about it?" Kojou said with a disgusted expression. "Why are you specifically telling me this? Do I look like I would be rude just because someone is too cute? Aren't there other boys here as well?"
Kojou protested in this way.
Unfortunately...
"Nichiyo would never do anything rude," Avrora, who is usually timid, was the first to refute.
"Senpai should be fine," Yukina also expressed.
"I say, Kojou-kun, are you really planning to compare yourself to Nichiyo-kun? Have you lost your mind?" Nagisa wore a dumbfounded expression.
"W-what... Why do you girls only defend him?" Kojou felt his mindset was completely unbalanced, unable to accept it, gritting his teeth.
But...
"Why did you say such silly things, Kojou-kun?" Nagisa said, proud or resentful: "Basically, do you think there would be any girls in our school who would dislike Nichiyo-kun?"
"Uh..." Kojou was at a loss for words for a moment, but then said uncertainly: "But... But she's the Saint of the Middle-school, right? Isn't she famous? Would a girl like that also like Nichiyo? No way, right?"
Kojou seemed unwilling to admit this reality.
But reality is often cruel.
"Indeed, Kanon-chan is not like other girls. She has always wanted to talk to Nichiyo-kun, invite Nichiyo-kun for tea, and even write love letters to Nichiyo-kun. She is very quiet and kind, but because she is quiet and kind, for such an honest girl, a boy who excels in both academics and sports, behaves like a nobleman, and is flawless like Nichiyo-kun is definitely an object worthy of silent admiration, right?"
Nagisa spoke out things that even Rozen didn't know. There was no need to guess who the object of Kanon Kanase's silent admiration mentioned by her was.
"Is that so?" Rozen was bewildered.
"Senpai..."
"Mm..."
Yukina and Avrora looked at Rozen with complicated eyes, for some reason, their mood didn't seem very good.
"It's true." Nagisa sighed inexplicably. "Kanon-chan told me herself, saying that she has always admired Nichiyo-kun."
"Uh..." This time, Rozen was speechless.
Just then...
"It's really good news to hear. I should have asked Kanon earlier about what kind of person Nichiyo is at school."
"How elae can that guy be at school? He must have been pretending to be all noble and elegant everyday!"
When such an elegant and pleasant laugh and such an unpleasant and malicious scolding entered everyone's ears, they finally saw two girls slowly approaching at the entrance of the hospital.
"La Folia?"
Rozen raised his eyebrows.
"Sayaka?"
Yukina also followed suit in surprise.
It was indeed La Folia and Sayaka Kirasaka.